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At 33, Braves' Donaldson trying to prove he can stay healthy

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) -- Finding a job was pretty easy for Josh Donaldson. Proving he can keep it will be the tough part.

The former AL MVP didn't have to wait long for a new opportunity, signing a one-year, $23 million contract with the Atlanta Braves less than a month after the World Series ended.

''I didn't expect it to go that quickly,'' Donaldson said Wednesday, the day before his first organized workout with the NL East champions. ''It was my first time in free agency so I had something of an idea, but you don't really know.